Tag Archives: PS 195

A cash-strapped Queens library has found an unusual way to raise revenue: selling soda, chips and candy. The Queens Library recently installed two vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks near the entrance of its Long Island City branch. Read more: [New York Daily News]

Cops collar man accused of killing ex-wife and going over to bodega for beer and Band-Aids

The man wanted for killing his ex-wife in Queens before strolling to a nearby bodega to buy a Coors Light and Band-Aids was arrested Thursday, police and witnesses said. Maximiliano Lozada, 34, of Elmhurst, pummeled Luz Paulino, 33, and stabbed her repeatedly around 10:50 p.m. Monday, police said. Read more: [New York Daily News]

National Tennis Center In Queens To Raise Money For Major Overhaul

The Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators to the U.S. Open each year, and the people behind the center say they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars to keep it at the top of its game. Read more: [NY1]

School Prohibits Fifth-Grader From Giving Speech On Same-Sex Marriage

Kameron Slade worked on his speech with his mother and his teacher after winning a class competition. He was slated to deliver it in a school-wide contest at PS 195. That’s no longer going to happen. His mother, who doesn’t want to be identified, said the principal told her the topic is inappropriate. Read more: [NY1]

11 yrs. in fatal baby shake

A Queens baby sitter accused of shaking a crying 3-month-old boy so hard during the blizzard of December 2010 that he died a week later copped a plea yesterday. Read more: [New York Post]